Who’s going to aid implementation?

The author is correct re implementation costs, often double that of licensing, and the only saving with FOSS LIMS. It can be used by unlimited users, also sans DBMS or Operating System fees. Customisation, configuration, training, support and maintenance are the same.

In FOSS, labs are free to customise themselves, not locked to vendors, and have full ownership with a free upgrade path. Much reduced risk.

Less dependent on commercial services, hard-working labs are rewarded. IME, a 30% saving applies with everything delivered, but often see good really cheap installations by labs, cherry-picking the pro services they need.

Whether there are any truly viable, full featured, open source LIMS available?